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Melissa Rivers believes that her mother, Joan Rivers, died because of her doctors, and she's suing!

She's hired the law firm Gair, Gair, Conason, Steigman, Mackauf, Bloom & Rubinowitz, but the suit won't go through for about a month. However, they're sending out letters alerting people not to destroy any files, phone records, or any documents that are related to Joan's treatment.

There are still so many unanswered questions in the tragic death of Joan Rivers.

While Joan stopped breathing during a routine throat procedure, all questions are now being pointed at Yorkville Endoscopy, where the work was done.

It is reported that Joan initially went in for "a diagnostic procedure [to] see why her voice had gotten raspy." Unfortunately, it sounds like something more than that might have gone down - something not pre-approved by Joan.

Joan had apparently brought another doctor with her to observe what was going on during the procedure, and when the operating doctor found something on her vocal cords, the doctor

"My metabolism actually changed like crazy this year. I have Hashimoto's disease. It's a thyroid disease, and it's now been two years since taking the medication for it, so for the VS show I didn't want to lose any more weight, I just want to have muscles in the right place, and if my butt can get a little perkier, then that's good."